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SOILpak for vegetable growers
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Contents
Contents, preface and disclaimer
(PDF, 720.5 KB)
Introduction
User guide
(PDF, 696.1 KB)
Summary of NSW vegetable production districts
(PDF, 378.2 KB)
Features of soil
(PDF, 417.6 KB)
Troubleshooting guide
(PDF, 430.9 KB)
Common problems and strategies
Common problems
(PDF, 711.7 KB)
Weed control
(PDF, 383.3 KB)
Harvesting on wet soil
(PDF, 383.4 KB)
Poor seedling emergence
(PDF, 446.8 KB)
Does my soil need lime
(PDF, 54.8 KB)
Does my soil need gypsum
(PDF, 37.0 KB)
Managing saline soils
(PDF, 431.9 KB)
Dispersion
(PDF, 33.4 KB)
How do I control erosion
(PDF, 490.4 KB)
Does my soil need fertiliser
(PDF, 32.9 KB)
Case study
(PDF, 519.8 KB)
Vegetable-growing landscapes
Sandhill soils
(PDF, 717.3 KB)
Red brown earths
(PDF, 32.7 KB)
Transitional red brown earths
(PDF, 29.3 KB)
Alluvial soils
(PDF, 30.8 KB)
Self-mulching clays
(PDF, 406.3 KB)
Case study 2
(PDF, 653.5 KB)
Soil testing and management
Soil examination and structural rating
(PDF, 352.2 KB)
Soil texture tests
(PDF, 34.8 KB)
Chemical tests
(PDF, 112.0 KB)
Slaking and dispersion
(PDF, 507.9 KB)
Sodic soil management
(PDF, 453.6 KB)
Improving soil structure by crop rotation
(PDF, 426.4 KB)
Cultivation and soil structure
(PDF, 132.3 KB)
Landforming and soil management
(PDF, 144.1 KB)
Irrigation scheduling
(PDF, 508.5 KB)
Key checks
Key checks for productive irrigated soils
(PDF, 729.0 KB)
Management strategies for key checks
(PDF, 402.6 KB)
Case study 3
(PDF, 642.0 KB)
Appendixes
Glossary and index to glossary
(PDF, 107.0 KB)
Soil description sheets
(PDF, 384.9 KB)
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